We've had enough of the punk bang crash

[sovay]

Me to spatch: (some hours ago) I have no idea how to answer this friend's meme, "What's the dorkiest thing about you?" I never know if something I do is weird unless someone tells me. Does naming the Kuiper belt object count? Building the radio telescope? I don't have any hobbies. Is it dorky or just geeky to program a sci-fi marathon?

Me to spatch: (just now) You know what really pisses me off about the data scraping of commercial genetic testing? I really want to know if I have Phoenician DNA. I read the paper about it years ago. They have a very distinct haplotype. I got ancestry in the Levant. And I'm never going to find out, because I don't want to hand my nucleobases over to big business.

Me to spatch: (my brain having caught up with that last sentence my mouth was saying) That counts, doesn't it?

Comments

[moon_custafer]

I’d consider all those things to be geeky rather than dorky.

[handful_ofdust]

Agreed! "Dorky" usually has more to do with lack of social skills, airs and/or graces. My dorkiest quality is probably telling Mom jokes, these days, or sharing stuff about Cal when I know nobody's interested.

[sovay]

My dorkiest quality is probably telling Mom jokes, these days, or sharing stuff about Cal when I know nobody's interested.

Okay, so what do I do that's dorky? Everyone keeps telling me I have social skills!

[selkie]

See, it's just that it's not your fault, it was downloaded in your Queer Subscription Bundle; it's really dorky that you can't sit in the sit part of a chair.

(Next time I think Gentlethem, you nerd, you want I should pull over and tell you? With the caveat nerd, dork, geek, weirdo, &c are all distinct.)

[sovay]

I’d consider all those things to be geeky rather than dorky.

Dammit!